Can I use our nicknames on our save the dates?

cupcake985

My real name is Abigail, but everyone calls me Abby. My fiancé is Michael, and everyone calls him Mike. Would it be appropriate to say "Abby and Mike are tying the knot" on our save the date magnet? I intend use our full names for the formal invitations. More so for me than my fiancé, but no one ever refers to me as Abigail. Save the dates seem more informal, so I am wondering if this is acceptable?

lyndausvi

Yes. We did.

ShesSoCold

I don't see why you couldn't since that's what everyone calls you and it's a shortened version of your given names. I used Rick instead of Richard on both the std and invitations. But I didn't use my nickname because it's not a "normal" shortened version of my actual name. Thanks mom, for giving me a long name with no shorter option.

CMGragain

Yes.  STDs are informal.  You should use your full names on your actual invitation, though.

saacjw

I feel like that's pretty standard. Many of my friends go by some shortened version of their name and I think  all of them used their nick names on the STDs and full names on the invites. 

mysticl

I know someone who used their nicknames in their vows. That's what they went by 100% of the time. Using their legal names wouldn't have made sense. I'm not sure what they used on the invites. I don't think I saw the invite, I was a teenager.

holyguacamole79

You're cool. Sarah is my middle name, so that was on our STDs. Invites had my first name.

jerkyanne

Funny story.

I have a friend who got married recently who is referred to by a nickname that has no relation to his legal name. Fiance saw the invite on the fridge and goes "Does nickname know that his girlfriend is getting married?" He was completely serious. I love him, but sometimes I wonder what goes on in that head of his.

cmclaire

Yep, sounds lovely.